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Under the Oak Tree, Vol. 2
A long-awaited reunion and a fragile happiness . . . The second volume of the official webcomic based on the hit webnovel by Suji Kim.
Riftan has returned from the royal capital just in time to deal with a group of rogue knights attacking the gates of Anatol. When the dust settles, he and Maxi finally have time to get to know each other properly, but Maxi struggles to show Riftan who she really is for fear that he will reject her. Even worse are her fears that the next time Riftan is called away he might never return. Determined to prove her worth and secure an unshakeable place in her new home, Maxi agrees to help the sorcerer Ruth create a new magical device. . .and discovers she might be capable of more than she could have ever dreamed.
This volume collects episodes 25-45 of Under the Oak Tree, the #1 webcomic on MANTA.
A Sword of Gold and Ruin
The sequel to the masterpiece folk horror high fantasy A Sword of Bronze and Ashes, a lyrical blend of epic myth and daily life.
Kanda and her family are on a quest to rebuild the glory that was Roven. Mother and daughters stand together as a light against the darkness. But mother and daughters both have hands that are stained red with blood. They walk a path that is stranger and more beautiful than even Kanda dared imagine, bright with joy, bitter with grief. Ghosts and monsters dog their footsteps - but the greatest monsters lie in their hearts.
The 2024 Independent Publisher of the Year, FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress
Lidé nemají křídla, ale někteří umějí povznést
Rozhovory nám mohou ukázat nové pohledy na staré zvyklosti. Někdo moudrý dokonce řekl, že nás upozorňují na všechno, čeho jsme si doposud nepovšimli. A v tomto duchu je vedena i kniha rozhovorů Jiřího Hlaváče a jeho přátel ze světa hudby, divadla, vědy i sportu. Rozhovorů, které mají všímavost, sdělnost, otevřenost i ochotu se o poznání podělit. Jsou plny reality dané naší současností, ale i vizí nadčasovosti. Jejich otevřenost a přímost je zárukou profesně poznaného i odpovědně prožitého. Mezi zpovídanými jsou Boris Hybner, Luděk Bukač, Zdeněk Mahler, Rudolf Zahradník, Jiří Bělohlávek, Václav Riedlbauch, Gabriela Beňačková, Zuzana Růžičková, Alfred Strejček, Václav Postránecký, Karel Růžička, Libuše Márová, Jaroslav Tůma, Markéta Schartová a Václav Hudeček.
Cat Chaser
A lean and mean thriller about one man and the Mob from 'the crime laureate' INDEPENDENT
The last time Florida motel owner George Moran was in the Dominican Republic he was in a uniform and people were shooting at him. Years later he's back looking for a girl he lost - and finding one he'd be better off without. Mary de Boya may be beautiful, but she's also the wife of a former death squad general in exile with mob connections. So much for the trip down memory lane - now Moran finds himself in a cat's cradle of drug deals, swindles, vengeance and murder.
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
A spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years-an epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity, by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Inheritance of Loss
When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated, yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that only served to drive Sonia and Sunny apart.
Sonia, an aspiring novelist who recently completed her studies in the snowy mountains of Vermont, has returned to her family in India, fearing she is haunted by a dark spell cast by an artist to whom she had once turned for intimacy and inspiration. Sunny, a struggling journalist resettled in New York City, is attempting to flee his imperious mother and the violence of his warring clan. Uncertain of their future, Sonia and Sunny embark on a search for happiness together as they confront the many alienations of our modern world.
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is the sweeping tale of two young people navigating the many forces that shape their lives: country, class, race, history, and the complicated bonds that link one generation to the next. A love story, a family saga, and a rich novel of ideas, it is the most ambitious and accomplished work yet by one of our greatest novelists.
Regretting You
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Mckenna Grace, Mason Thames, Allison Williams, and Dave Franco.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us comes a novel about family, first love, grief, and betrayal that will touch the hearts of both mothers and daughters.
Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike.
Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn’t have a spontaneous bone in her body.
With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris?Morgan’s husband, Clara’s father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heartbreaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara.
While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she’s been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together.
Soyangri Book Kitchen
Welcome to Soyangri Book Kitchen, where a woman leaves her busy life in Seoul to open a bookshop café in the countryside where guests can stay overnight.
The irresistible, escapist and cosy read to curl up with this autumn, for fans of Days at the Morisaki Bookshop.
In a peaceful village in the countryside, far from the bustling heart of Seoul, lies a book lovers' paradise. With its wafts of delicious food and book-filled shelves, Soyangri Book Kitchen is managed by its plucky proprietor Yoojin. Her aim? To create a sanctuary for weary souls like herself.
But the book kitchen is more than just a place to eat or read - it's a place which offers its guests a true escape, not just inside the pages of its many books, but in the warm embrace of an overnight bookstay.
Over one year, seven people at a crossroads in their lives find their way to Yoojin's book kitchen. Among them are Da-in, a singer grappling with an identity crisis, Sohee, a promising lawyer confronted with a daunting medical diagnosis, and Soohyuk, a young musical director whose dreams have been stifled.
As they arrive in Soyangri, each of them will find their life subtly transformed by the magic of its books and the kindness of its people.
Then There Were More Short Stories
A CWA anthology celebrating members' fiction from over the years, Then There Were More is a delightful compilation of stories from some of the best crime writers of the last century. The first CWA anthology, Butcher's Dozen, appeared in 1956, and was co-edited by Julian Symons, Michael Gilbert, and Josephine Bell. The anthology has been edited by Martin Edwards since 1996, and has yielded many award-winning and nominated stories in the UK and overseas. Founded over 70 years ago by John Creasey, the Crime Writers' Association supports, promotes and celebrates this most durable, adaptable and successful of genres, while supporting writers of every kind of crime fiction and non-fiction.
The full list of featured authors in this book is: Anne Perry, Christine Poulson, Andrew Taylor, Amy Myers, Judith Cutler, Gillian Linscott, Martin Edwards, Bernie Crosthwaite, Catherine Aird, Simon Brett, Yvonne Eve Walus, John Harvey, Kate Ellis, Zoe Sharp, Bill Knox, Cath Staincliffe, Liza Cody, Ann Cleeves, and Peter Lovesey.
The Flame Tree Beyond and Within short story collections bring together tales of myth and imagination by modern and contemporary writers, carefully selected by anthologists, and sometimes featuring short stories from a single author. Overall, the series presents a wide range of diverse and inclusive voices with myth, folkloric-inflected short fiction, and an emphasis on the supernatural, science fiction, the mysterious and the speculative. The books themselves are gorgeous, with foiled covers, printed edges and published only in hardcover editions, offering a lifetime of reading pleasure.
The Midnight Timetable
In a labyrinthine research facility, where those who open the wrong door might find it's disappeared behind them or that the echoing footsteps they're running from are their own, an unnamed protagonist begins their night shift under the watchful eye of the building's enigmatic senior guard.
Each evening, as the fluorescent lights flicker and the silence grows heavier, the guard shares another tale of cursed objects and lives unspooled by vengeance, sorrow or revelation. But these are not mere ghost stories. They're warnings. Lessons. Or, perhaps, confessions . . .
As the nights stretch on and reality frays, our protagonist starts to suspect that the building itself is alive with malevolent intent and that the objects they guard aren't just cursed. They're waiting. Watching.
The Time Hop Coffee Shop
Welcome to the Time Hop Coffee Shop, where wishes can come true . . .
Greta Perks was once the shining star of the iconic Maple Gold coffee commercials, the quintessential TV wife and mom. Now, fame has faded, her marriage is on the rocks, her teenage daughter has become distant, and Greta's once-glittering career feels like a distant memory.
So when Greta stumbles upon a mysterious coffee shop, serving a magical brew, she wishes for the perfect life in those past Maple Gold commercials. Next thing she knows, Greta wakes in the idyllic, make-believe town of Mapleville, where the sun always shines and the aroma of freshly brewed coffee and second chances fill the air. Given the opportunity to live the life she dreamed, Greta is determined to rewrite her own script. But can life ever be like a coffee commercial? And what will happen when Greta has to choose - between perfection and real life, with no turning back?
Days at the Torunka Cafe
Curl up with a hot drink and blanket this Christmas with Days at the Torunka Cafe, the cosy, life-affirming, beloved Japanese novel - from the author of international bestseller Days at the Morisaki Bookshop.
From the author of the Morisaki Bookshop novels comes a charming and poignant story set at a quiet Tokyo café where customers find unexpected connection and experience everyday miracles.
Tucked away on a narrow side street in Tokyo is the Torunka Café, a neighbourhood nook where the passersby are as likely to be local cats as tourists. Its regulars include Chinatsu Yukimura, a mysterious young woman who always leaves behind a napkin folded into the shape of a ballerina; Hiroyuki Numata, a middle-aged man who's returned to the neighbourhood searching for the happy life he once gave up; and Shizuku, the café owner's teenage daughter, who is still coming to terms with her sister's death as she falls in love for the first time.
While the Torunka Café serves up a perfect cup of coffee, it provides these sundry souls with nourishment far more lasting. Satoshi Yagisawa brilliantly illuminates the periods in our lives where we feel lost - and how we find our way again.
Nem válunk szét
Emlékszem, ahogy az őszinte szeretet a bőröm alá hatolt. Elérte a csontvelőmet, és összeszorította a szívemet… Ekkor értettem meg. Hogy mennyire félelmetes fájdalom a szeretet.”
Az írónő Kjongha lelki és szakmai problémákkal küzd, mikor régi barátnője súlyosan megsérül. Inszon a kórházban arra kéri, utazzon el csedzsui otthonába, és gondoskodjon a madaráról. A főhős azonban óriási hóviharba keveredik, és a mindent fagyba burkoló hókristályok összemossák a múltat a jelennel, a valóságot az illúzióval. Élve találja még Kjongha a madarat, mire eljut barátnője házába? Viszontláthatja Inszon a barátnőjét?
A líraian lüktető mű nemcsak a lélek törékenységét, hanem a történelem igazságait is kutatja: az 1948-as csedzsui mészárlás áldozatainak állít emléket. Az Inszon szekrényében felhalmozott cikkeket böngészve Kjongha előtt feltárul a bűntudattal, reménnyel és veszteséggel teli múlt, s az áldozatok egymás mellé állított fekete fatörzsekként jelennek meg előtte. „Nem válunk szét” – ez lesz a címe legújabb művének, ha egyszer elkészül.
Kdo tě sleduje?
Každý říjen se ospalá vesnice St Abel’s Chapel stane centrem náboženského festivalu, který přitahuje stovky lidí. Ačkoli událost provází mnoho podivností, místní mlčí – příjmy z oslav potřebují. Jenže záhadná Anna Brownová, která se právě přistěhovala, odmítá dělat, že nic nevidí. Když se od vyděšené dívky dozví, že během shromáždění mladí farníci podstupují rituál v takzvaném Pekelném domě a každoročně tam dochází k podezřelým úmrtím, nabere dění temný spád. Dá se v této děsivé vesnici vůbec někomu věřit?
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Břímě, 2. vydání
Psychologický román z pera královny detektivek vypráví tentokrát příběh o dramatických proměnách sourozeneckého vztahu. Laura Franklinová svou mladší sestru Shirley nejprve nenáviděla, protože s jejím narozením ztratila možnost stát se středobodem rodiny. Po tragické události jedné noci se však zapřísáhla, že bude Shirley chránit ze všech sil – břímě tohoto slibu však zásadně ovlivní životy obou žen, neboť i sesterská láska se může snadno stát přítěží…
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Lásky z kampusu 2: Pravidlo
Diana Dixonová toho má nad hlavu. Trénuje na soutěž ve společenském tanci, snaží se skloubit dvě brigády a řeší problémy s neodbytným expřítelem. Stále má však dost energie na to, aby poslala Shanea Lindleyho do háje. Ten se právě nastěhoval do stejného bytového komplexu a zřejmě je odhodlaný se vyspat s každou roztleskávačkou, kterou potká. Tady se ale nachází na jejím území. Takže si musejí stanovit základní pravidla: žádné večírky, ruce pryč od jejích kamarádek – a hlavně od ní samotné. Jenže Diana neví, že Shane hledá vztah. A když potřebuje přimět žárlit svoji bývalou, kdo je lepší adeptkou na falešnou přítelkyni než drzá sousedka?
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Verity - zlatá edícia
Slávna spisovateľka Verity Crawfordová nedokáže po ťažkej autonehode dopísať svoju najúspešnejšiu knižnú sériu. Vydavateľstvo požiada o jej dokončenie Lowen Ashleighovú, ktorá na pokraji svojej finančnej ruiny prijíma celoživotnú pracovnú ponuku. Vo Veritinej pracovni nečakane objaví Veritinu autobiografiu, ktorú nemal nikdy niktočítať. Pred Lowen sa zrazu objavuje celkom nová, desivá bytosť, temnejšia než samotné postavy z Veritiných trilerov. Kto v skutočnosti je Verity Crawfordová?
Červená čiapočka musí zomrieť
Pred inšpektorkou Lylou Rondelovou stojí jej životný prípad. Séria záhadných vrážd, ktoré spája odkaz na klasické rozprávky bratov Grimmovcov. Vrah, ktorému prischne meno Rozparovač Grimm, sa nehodlá zastaviť pred ničím a jediná, kto mu stojí v ceste, je Lyla. Krvavá stopa vraha totiž siaha hlboko do jej vlastnej minulosti, ktorá hrozí, že Lylu celkom pohltí. Keď však odhalí pravdu, nič už nebude také ako predtým. Lylin svet sa triešti okolo nej a jediné, čoho sa môže zachytiť, je jej odhodlanie dočítať príbeh do konca.
Frank & Red
Frank je samotársky mrzút, ktorý sa odcudzil priateľom, synovi aj celému svetu. Doma mu robí spoločnosť len „duch“ zosnulej manželky Marcie. A potom sa do vedľajšieho domu prisťahuje Red. Red má šesť rokov a len ťažko sa vyrovnáva s rozchodom rodičov, novou školou a chalanom, ktorý ho v škole šikanuje. Je však zvedavý, bystrý, neustále rozpráva – a má trampolínu. Vo chvíli, keď sa jeho blonďavá hlava prvýkrát objaví nad plotom, sa zrodí nečakané priateľstvo, ktoré navždy zmení životy ich oboch.
Rozchod(y)
Radostné aj tragické, viditeľné i skryté, rozchody, zlomy, odlúčenia udávajú rytmus nášho života. Ako ich zladiť s predstavou stabilnej identity? Odhaľujú mnohotvárnosť nášho bytia alebo nás čistia, vyprázdňujú, rozrušujú? Pre francúzsku filozofku Claire Marin sú rozchody rovnako dôležité ako spojenia.
Lásky, straty, choroby, vnútorné a vonkajšie kataklizmy nás vytrhávajú zo známych koľají, otvárajú trhliny a kladú otázku: Čo všetko musíme stratiť, aby sme mohli znovu žiť? Sú rozchody len katastrofou alebo aj šancou?
Claire Main píše o tejto každodennej a zároveň výsostne filozofickej skúsenosti citlivo a presne. Píše o tom, ako sa rozpadať, a pritom zostať. Alebo začať odznova.
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